Safety watch-pocket.



B. G. DODDS.

SAFETY WATCH POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZB, 1912.

1,082,190, I Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANDBRAPH C0-. WASHINGTON. n. c,

UTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BELLE C. DODDS, 0F BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA.

SAFETY WATCH-POCKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BELLE C. Donne, citizen of the United States,residing at Black Mountain, in the county of Buncombe and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safetylatch-Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in safety watchpockets and the object of my invention is to provide a pocket adapted toreceive a watch and provided with a pin fastener by means of which itmay be attached to the clothing of the wearer or to the covers of a bedor the like.

A further object of my invention is to construct a pocket of flexiblematerial such as cloth or chamois which shall be open at one side topermit the insertion of a watch and to so form the open side of thepocket that the edges will be normally held in close contact with eachother to prevent the easual disengagement of the watch and also toprevent the sagging of the pocket when the watch is in place. And astill further object of my invention is to improve the construction andincrease the efficiency of watch pockets of the above describedcharacter.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention will be more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form apart of this application.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear of myimproved watch pocket, showing the pin fastening device by means ofwhich the pocket may be secured to the clothing of the owner; Fig. 2 isa central vertical section, showing certain details in construction;Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the pocket, parts being broken away tobetter show its construction; Fig. a is a section on the line 4-4: ofFig. 3, showing still further details of construction. Fig. 5 is afragmentary view of the upper back portion of the pocket in the processof construction, showing the plate attached to the extended tongue.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

The preferred embodiment of my safety watch pocket consists primarily ofa front Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 28, 1912.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 700,258.

and are stitched together in such a manner that their straight edgeportions form the mouth or opening of the pocket. The edge portion ofthe front 10 is folded outwardly upon itself and secured by spaced rowsof stitching 13 to provide a hem 14- divided to form two housings for apurpose which will be explained hereinafter. The back member of thepocket has its free edge portion slightly reduced in width to form atongue 16 to the free edge portion of which is secured a narrow strip ofspring metal 16, the ends of which extend beyond the sides of thetongue. The tongue is then rolled about the strip 16 in such a manner asto provide it with a covering of two thicknesses, as shown, leaving theends of the strip uncovered.

In order to suitably stiffen the mouth of the pocket and hold the pocketin shape, I have provided a plate 17 preferably formed of resilientmetal and having its ends 18 perforated, as shown at 19, to receiverivets 20. This plate is mounted against the outer face of the back bodymember with its upwardly extended end portions positioned one uponeither side of the folded portion 16 of said member which thereforeserves as a cushion to prevent the striking of the watch against theedge of the plate when being positioned in the pocket. Plates 21 arealso perforated in such a manner that when positioned against the outerface of the front member of the pocket, the rivets securing the plate 17will pass through the plates 21 and also through the exposed ends of theplate 16 and will therefore firmly bind both the front and rear pocketmembers between the plates and prevent all ripping of the seams. Thestiffness of the plates 16 and 17 tend to normally hold the edgeportions of the mouth of the pocket in close engagement against eachother and to further assist in this and also to prevent the front memberof the pocket from sagging under the weight of the watch, I haveprovided relatively stiff helical springs 22 which are run through thehousings formed by the divided hem l4 and the ends of which are securedby the rivets 20 which secure the plates in place. As will be readilyseen, these springs which are under tension, will stiffen the free edgeof the front member of the pocket and prevent the same from sagging,thus greatly decreasing any liability of losing the watch by itsslipping from the pocket.

In order to provide means for readily attaching the pocket to thegarments of the wearer or to any other suitable support, I have providedthe plate 17 at one end with spaced ears 23 between which is pivoted oneend of a pin shank 2%, the other end of which engages in a suitablekeeper 25 car ried by the opposite end of the plate 17, this pin shank2% (to-acting with the plate to form a safety pin for attachment of thepocket.

It will of course be understood that the pocket may be made of anysuitable material, other than chamois skin, if desired, and in varioussizes to adapt it for use with different sizes of watches. It willfurther be understood that with light watches, one of the springs 22 maybe omitted, if desired, and that with heavy watches, if found necessary,a third spring may be added.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A watch pocket including front and back members of flexible materialsecured together about their edges and unsecured along one edge toprovide an opening, the free edge of the front member being foldedoutwardly and stitched to form parallel housings, the free edge of theback member being reduced and extended to form a tongue, a strip ofresilient metal secured to the free end of the tongue and extending atits ends beyond the same, the tongue being rolled about the metal strip,helical springs positioned in the housings, a resilient metal platepositioned along the free edge of the back member and below the metalstrip,

binding plates positioned against the front member opposite the ends ofsaid plate, rivets passed through said plate, springs, strip ends andbinding plates, and a pin fastening device carried by said plate.

2. A watch pocket including front and back members of flexible materialsecured together about their edges and unsecured along one edge toprovide an opening, the free edge of the back member being reduced andextended to form a tongue, a strip of resilient material secured to thefree end of the tongue and extending at its ends beyond the same, thetongue being rolled about the resilient strip, a resilient membersecured to the free edge of the front member, and means for securing thefree ends of the resilient member and the resilient strip to each other.

3. A watch pocket including front and back members of flexible materialsecured together about their edges and unsecured along one edge toprovide an opening, the free edge of the back member being reduced andextended to form a tongue, a resilient plate secured to the outer faceof the back member and provided with upwardly directed ears at its ends,a resilient strip secured to the free end of the tongue and extended atits ends beyond the same, the tongue being rolled about the resilientstrip to bring its free ends into alinement with the ears of the plate,means for fastening said strip to the ears of the plate, and resilientmembers secured to the free edge of the front member and by their endsto the plate.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BELLE C. DODDS. [1,. s]

\Vitnesses R. E. CURRIER, C. A. DIOKEY.

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